Vice President/Partner - Healthcare

At Ipsos, we are passionately curious about people, markets, brands, and society. We deliver information and analysis that make our complex world easier and faster to navigate and we inspire clients to make smarter decisions. The Healthcare service line at Ipsos brings true sector expertise, offering a unique depth of knowledge and experience across the commercial lifecycle to our clients in biopharma, medical devices, and diagnostics companies.

The Advisory services team was established to generate strategic insights that build upon the company's core competencies in market research and aims to become a premier healthcare consultancy.

The Advisory Principal plays a leadership role in leading client engagements. Typical engagements focus in the early lifecycle on helping clients to define the potential of their asset in the context of future standards of care, prioritize the best targets and define market opportunity and competitive intensity, in the peri-launch window, we're supporting all aspects of go-to-market and launch strategies and subsequently work closely with clients to execute analytical work streams to optimize the impact of commercial programs and tactics.

You will join a unique team of problem solvers who come from backgrounds as diverse as scientific research, brand management, strategy consulting and medicine. Together, the team leverages these diverse perspectives to solve some of the most complex and challenging strategic problems for our clients across the healthcare market.

The Principal plays a key role in selling and leading our client engagements, setting the vision for deliverables, and presenting brand strategies to Pharma, MedTech and Digital Therapeutics clients.
You will be a senior voice of the firm with clients, working with Engagement Managers, and Consultants to ensure that our ideas are flawlessly presented to both clients and the broader marketing community. You will be expected to work in conjunction with your peers in Advisory as well as internal partnerships with Ipsos Core market research leaders.

In addition, we'll look to you to help grow our firm, set, and deliver on financial targets, inspire and develop those you work with, as well as provide thought leadership for the firm.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will bring a mix of both analytical and creative problem-solving skills. The ideal candidate must also have the right mix of the qualifications below:

• The ideal candidate will bring a unique blend of both left brain (analytical) and right-brain (creative) skills to bear on our client's problems: Our approach to solving problems requires that level of fluidity, comprehensiveness, confidence, and executive presence.
• Undergraduate degree / Advanced degree / MBA Preferred
• 10-15 years/Extensive and proven track record of professional experience in commercial strategy, branding/marketing, management consulting, and brand management, leveraging market research as a part of your engagements.
• Proven experience in building and leading client service teams across multiple simultaneous projects
• Demonstrated leadership skills (both vertically and laterally), including bringing clarity to ambiguous situations and guiding the team to deliver excellence to our clients
• Ability to work cross-functionally, with a solid understanding of market research
• In addition to those qualifications, one of the key things we have in common is the ability to tie together disparate pieces of information (from social media, from census data, from professional observation) into a compelling story and tell it in a way that is engaging and memorable.
• Ease and confidence with "thinking on your feet" - can effortlessly structure and lead a workshop with a group of senior executives
• Outstanding business acumen and critical thinking skills
• Impeccable interpersonal and communication skills, written and verbal
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including bringing clarity to ambiguous situations
• Professional, proactive demeanor
• Thought Leader in the Life Sciences industry
• Strong interpersonal skills

Business Development/Clients

• Track record of business development success - identifying, cultivating, creating, pursuing, and winning new business opportunities, and owning the related P&L
• Personal impact and executive presence; presents next-level insights in a compelling way that convinces audiences to act.
• Confidence outlining proposals (with support from team) in response to client RFPs
• Ability to develop and adjust project approaches & frameworks as fit for various projects
• Engages in ongoing discussions with clients to ensure understanding of client preferences/objectives/priorities for final reports and designs the reports to effectively meet/exceed these client needs
• Seen as a trusted advisor by clients - someone they turn to for advice about addressing tough business and research issues
• Partner with Ipsos sister divisions to leverage growth opportunities within clients across all Ipsos' lines of business
• Ability to independently or as a partner with business development, dynamically present and close an opportunity by illustrating compelling differentiation vs. the competition
• Responsible for identifying new business opportunities both with existing client and new prospects

Team Management

• Has a passion for the success of people and enjoys mentoring and helping the careers of Advisory team.
• Is a teacher, mentor and leader of all phases of project lifecycle: Client introductions, proposal development, pitching proposal, project work and deliverables
• Commitment to people - recognizing, coaching, nurturing, and retaining top talent while actively molding team culture

If you don't meet 100% of the requirements, we encourage all who feel they might be a fit for the opportunity to apply. We may consider a variety of backgrounds for a particular role and are also committed to considering candidates for available positions throughout our organization, not just the one you're applying to!

In accordance with NY/CO/CA/WA law, the estimated base salary range for this role is $230,000 to $255,000. Your final base salary will be determined based on several non-discriminatory factors which may include but are not limited to location, work experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications.

What's in it for you:

At Ipsos you'll experience opportunities for Career Development, an exceptional benefits package (including generous PTO, healthcare plans, wellness benefits), a flexible workplace policy, and a strong collaborative culture.

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Commitment to Diversity

Ipsos recognizes the necessity of building an inclusive culture that values each employee's individuality and diverse perspectives. For more than 40 years, our mission has been to generate and analyze data about society, markets, brands, and behaviors to provide our clients with the insights that elevate their understanding of the world. This could not be fulfilled without Ipsos' diverse employees who compile and analyze this data-they are the essence of who we are and what we do.

We are committed to providing equal opportunity to all employees, creating an environment that promotes inclusion, and enabling employees from all walks of life to flourish. Ipsos encourages our employees to act in a respectful and responsible manner, in line with code of best practices concerning diversity and inclusion, human rights, equality, and civility for every individual.

Ipsos is An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other protected class and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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